Frome Valley CofE First School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dorchester, DT2 8WR
- Distance
- 5.2km away
Puddletown Church of England First School
Dorchester Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8FZ
Local ranking93rd of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
150
Capacity
4-9
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 135
- Boys
- 64 (47%)
- Girls
- 71 (53%)
- Capacity
- 150 (90% full)
- SEND
- 23.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.1%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 20.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,919/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.8%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
91.8%
White British
3.7%
White Other
1.5%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dorchester Road
Dorchester, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 141806
- UKPRN
- 10049290
- Establishment No.
- 3026
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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